HipPocket & HedgeChatter Win Over Dallas

April 28, 2015

5:30 pm

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The Tech Cocktail Startup Competition headed to Dallas last week on a search for awesome local startups. Fourteen startups showed their stuff at The DEC to a crew of over 100 people with HipPocket & HedgeChatter taking the titles of Hottest Startups in Dallas!

Dallas’s Hottest Startup – Best Pitch: HipPocket

HipPocket, the private social network for licensed Realtors launches May 1st in the App Store. That’s right, no more scouting the web, calling and texting everyone you know, standing in Starbucks just hoping someone wants to buy a house. With HipPocket, Realtors have the ability to view all pocket listings, list theirs, and orchestrate deals all within the app.

HedgeChatter processes “chatter” across social networks, identifying trending conversations in finance, and their dashboard uses predictive analytics to determine intent across hundreds of thousands of traders instantly. The results are displayed in their dashboard, indicating buy and sell signals, sentiment scores, and manipulation attempts.

Pranksters in Brisbane, Australia, have hacked the audio files on rentable scooters owned by transportation startup Lime, leading to them spouting unsavoury messages to the public. It's far from the only issue e-scooters and bikes have faced around the globe in recent months.

Nearly 17 percent of tech workers admit to being under the influence of marijuana while at work at some point in their careers, according to a new study. Not only that, but the number is on the rise. Read on for more details, and an explanation for why it's happening.

Tesla has announced that a "dog mode" will be added to its cars as soon as this week. The reason? Someone asked Elon Musk for it on Twitter. The new mode is just the latest in a long line of improvements that Tesla has rolled out across its cars based on Twitter suggestions.

For the past 10 years, Lauren's worked with startups and technology businesses propelling them to success through innovative strategies. Lauren is a fast paced thinker who's quick-witted personality translate to her lifestyle, technology, and business - Project Halcyon, all over the country.